Feds on poo patrol

Scientists based in Oregon have been sampling sewerage through the United States, looking for traces of crystal meth, coke and other drugs, including coffee.
This study (excerpt and link, below), boasts new techniques to give authorities a picture of the levels of drug use in areas of concern to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Not surprisingly, crystal [...]

Design: A Dick Tracy watch for Twits

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Google + P&G = RFID + data mining

Parallelnormal is not encouraged by the companies’ new innovation-idea-swapping agreement.
This item (excerpt, link, below) is about more than a cross-cultural exchange between two of the largest data-gathering giants on Earth.
I say, welcome to the Internet of Things. P&G wants all of its goods to bear RFID tags, which for the first time will match each [...]